Smart & Strategic Management

Smart & Strategic Management (SSM)

مهارات الإدارة الذكية والاستراتيجية

Objectives

Upon completion of this program, the trainee will be able to:

  1. Implement Process Re-engineering and Lean Management: developing efficient process and reviewing non-value-added parts of processes.
  2. Develop Strategic Thinking and Competitive Positioning: introducing different strategy development frameworks and tools for analyzing internal and external environments.
  3. Utilizing New Technologies and Artificial Intelligence: introducing current trends in management and the usability of technology and data.
  4. Setting Indicators and Tracking Performance: learning about effective tracking tools and measurement frameworks, including SMART objectives.
  5. Enhance Decision-Making Skills: developing analytical thinking and avoiding biases.

Training Topics

  1. The Foundations of Analytical Problem Solving
    • Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Identifying underlying reasons.
    • Root Cause Analysis techniques: the “5 Whys”, 80/20 Rule, Premortem technique, etc.
  2. Lean Management Implementation
    • Lean Management Philosophies
    • Continuous Improvement (Kaizen)
    • Mistake Proofing.
    • Just-In-Time (JIT) and Six Sigma.
    • The 7 Forms of Waste
  3. Tools for process analysis and optimization
    • Process Automation
    • Visualization
    • More or less Friction
    • Default Settings
    • Layout Redesign
    • Value Analysis
  4. Managerial tools for decision making.
    • Time value of money
    • Choice overload
    • Sunk cost fallacy
    • Make or buy decisions
  1. The Foundations of Strategic Thinking
    • Defining the Strategy
    • Strategy as the Pursuit of Uniqueness
    • The Four Essential Questions of Organizational Strategy
    • Strategic Approaches: Speed, Experience, Big Data Power…etc.
  2. Strategic Analysis Frameworks
    • Porter’s Five Forces: Analyzing Industry Attractiveness
    • Advanced SWOT Analysis: From Listing to Strategizing
    • PESTLE Analysis: Navigating the External Environment
    • Generic Strategies: Cost Leadership vs. Differentiated Value
    • Vertical Integration & Horizontal Integration
  3. Real-world Applications and Case Studies
  4. Some Reasons Why Strategies Fail or Succeed
  1. Monitoring, Controlling, and Evaluation: what are the differences?
    • Logic Models: Distinguishing between the Results Chain, Theory of Change (ToC), and the Logframe.
    • The Performance Baseline: Managing the “Iron Triangle” of projects.
    • Baselines: rolling baselines, managerial baselines.  
  2. Prevention and inspection.
  3. Understanding impact: Attribution vs. Contribution.
    • Data Triangulation and using Control Groups and A/B Testing.
  4. Difference between qualitative and quantitative analysis.
    • Tools and examples for turning qualitative data into quantitative data.
  1. Virtual teams – new trends.
  2. Applications of Artificial Intelligence in management.
  3. Utilizing Gemini and NotebookLM in management.
  4. Virtual Reality (VR) & Augmented Reality (AR).
  5. Case studies of data utilization for organizational success.
  6. Big data utilization in mass customization.

Prerequisites

N/A

Mohammad Abu Libdeh

Trainer Mohammad Abu Libdeh possesses extensive experience in both the private and non-for-profit sectors. With 19 years of professional experience, he worked in many senior positions including working as Chief Operations Manager and Senior Business Advisor.  

He achieved his master’s degree with merits from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (GPA 4.00), and he is currently pursuing his doctoral degree in project management.  

Additionally, Abu Libdeh is the first Palestinian to achieve a combination of five different international highly reputable managerial certificates. Abu Libdeh holds PMP, PgMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-SP, and CBAP.  

Mr. Abu Libdeh is experienced in many domains including: project management, risk management, monitoring and evaluation, process re-engineering, organizational restructuring, reporting, strategic planning, business development, investments evaluation, HR-related skills, managerial manuals development, procurement management, developing feasibility studies, handling logistics, and fund seeking and managing relations with donors. 

In collaboration with Ritaj, Abu Libdeh prepared and delivered many training courses in different managerial topics such as project management and risk management. He developed a unique training approach that is both interactive and provides rich information.

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Business English (BE)

Business English (BE)

Objectives

By the end of this course participant will:

  • Develop language building techniques
  • Engage in business conversations comfortably
  • Deliver professional presentations
  • Communicate with peers, suppliers, and upper management in English.
  • Express verbally or in writing about daily business situations.

Language Building Blocks

  • Professional structure of written correspondence
  • Review past emails written by participant
  • Discuss some key points
  • Receive and give feedback on grammar and phrasing of emails
  • Guided exercises to collect information
  • Use within context
  • Online follow-up
  • Tips on using PowerPoint
  • Building presentation content
  • Actual delivery of information
  • Receiving questions
  • Tips on professional communication
  • Simulations of situations to practice communication and negotiation techniques.
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  • Participants receive a weekly reading plan that includes articles or videos to collect information and reuse phrases.

Training Topics

  • List of verb tenses,
  • List of parts of speech
  • List of linking words
  • List of grammatical rules
  • How to write a business pitch
  • Organizing thoughts
  • Goal setting
  • Business negotiations
  • Business acronyms
  • Improve your presentation skills
  • Personal branding
  • Banking terminology
  • Banking article
  • Practice expressing current affairs in English
  • Reading material
  • Reference material
  • Links to videos
  • Additional material related to participants field of work

Prerequisites

A placement test.

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Business Correspondence and Report Writing (BCRW)

Business Correspondence and Report Writing (BCRW)

كتابة المراسلات وإعداد التقارير

Objectives:

This is a guided participatory approach that allows for gradual improvement in Language use. It also includes hands-on coaching as per the needs of the workplace.

By the end of this course, the participants will:

    • Enhance professional expression of ideas in writing
    • Produce business reports with a focus on:
      • Planning for a report
      • Report key sections
      • Flow of information in a report
      • Creating visuals
    • Develop language building techniques
    • Prepare professional presentations

Communicate in writing using the English language.

Topics:

  • Business correspondence
    • Review past emails written by participant
    • Discuss some key points
    • Receive and give feedback on grammar and phrasing of emails
    • Building terminology
  • Report writing 
    • Introduction to business reports
    • clarifying the purpose
    • the needs of your audience
    • structuring a report
    • planning a report
    • gathering and evaluating information
    • deciding on relevant information
    • main components
    • cover sheet
    • statement of purpose
    • table of contents
    • choosing the report structure
    • understanding the alternative structures
    • using a checklist to check the structure
    • writing the first draft
    • principle of clear writing
    • understanding the different types of writing commonly
    • Editing the report
    • Creating visual impact
  • Sample reports 
    • Progress report 
    • Annual report 

Prerequisites

Assessment test

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